Biaotong Geng (He/him)
A new central street to accelerate Govan’s regeneration
In my stage 5’s final design thesis, I tried to reconnect the Govan area with Glasgow City by a new proposal. Because of the heavy industry’s decline, some social issues are faced by citizens, such as the big gap of wealth and high unemployment, especially in Govan area. To improve this situation, a new structure is needed to reconnect the separated city. Thus, I designed a Bridge with a series of functional spaces to reconnect the Govan and Finneston area in my final design thesis, I aim to help the Govan area by Glasgow city’s sources on the new proposal. However, the bridge is a quite huge structure, which might bring huge economic pressure . In addition, it is also difficult to build interactions between the Govan people and Finneston’s citizens because of their different background, culture and economic strength.
In my master by conversion’s study, I directly focus on the central Govan area, I plan to design a new Govan central street to accelerate Govan’s regeneration. I believe that a new central street can directly drive local people’s communication and bring them a better living quality, in addition, it is also a chance to build a platform for local businesses to improve citizens’ economical situation.
I am quite interested in Urban Acupuncture, which theory combines Chinese traditional acupuncture philosophy with knowledge of urban design (Walker, 2015). By applying this theory, architect can build slight interventions on urban fabric’s key points to relieve city’s stress and effectively catalyze city’s vitality. Some famous proposals’ success have proved the value of this theory, such as the High Line Park in New York and the Water Wall at Paley Park (Walker, 2015). In my project, urban acupuncture will be a main deliver method to build facilities.
A new central street to accelerate Govan’s regeneration
In my stage 5’s final design thesis, I tried to reconnect the Govan area with Glasgow City by a new proposal. Because of the heavy industry’s decline, some social issues are faced by citizens, such as the big gap of wealth and high unemployment, especially in Govan area. To improve this situation, a new structure is needed to reconnect the separated city. Thus, I designed a Bridge with a series of functional spaces to reconnect the Govan and Finneston area in my final design thesis, I aim to help the Govan area by Glasgow city’s sources on the new proposal. However, the bridge is a quite huge structure, which might bring huge economic pressure . In addition, it is also difficult to build interactions between the Govan people and Finneston’s citizens because of their different background, culture and economic strength.
In my master by conversion’s study, I directly focus on the central Govan area, I plan to design a new Govan central street to accelerate Govan’s regeneration. I believe that a new central street can directly drive local people’s communication and bring them a better living quality, in addition, it is also a chance to build a platform for local businesses to improve citizens’ economical situation.
I am quite interested in Urban Acupuncture, which theory combines Chinese traditional acupuncture philosophy with knowledge of urban design (Walker, 2015). By applying this theory, architect can build slight interventions on urban fabric’s key points to relieve city’s stress and effectively catalyze city’s vitality. Some famous proposals’ success have proved the value of this theory, such as the High Line Park in New York and the Water Wall at Paley Park (Walker, 2015). In my project, urban acupuncture will be a main deliver method to build facilities.
